Contact Information
971 Coffman Road, Building B
Whitewater, CO 81527
Mailing Address
Department 5087
P.O. Box 20,000
Grand Junction, CO 81502-5001
(970) 255-7121
Noxious Weeds of Mesa County, CO
Here are the Noxious Weeds found in Mesa County.
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Absinth wormwood (Artemisia absinthium)
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Absinth Wormwood vs. Sagebrush
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Biennial Thistles
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Bull Thistle  |
Scotch Thistle  |
Musk Thistle  |
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Bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare)
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Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense)
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Chinese Clematis (Clematis orientalis)
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Common tansy (Tanacetum vulgare)
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Giant Reed (Arundo donax)
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Houndstongue (Cynoglossum officinale)
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Japanese knotweed (Polygonum Cuspidatum)
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Knapweeds
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Leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula)
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Musk Thistle (Carduus nutans)
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Myrtle and Cypress Spurge (Euphorbia myrsinites, E. cyparissias)
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Oxeye daisy (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum)
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Perennial pepperweed (Lepidium latifolium)
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Plumeless thistle (Carduus acanthoides)
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Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)
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Scentless chamomile (Matricaria perforate)
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Scotch thistle (Onopordum acanthium)
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Sulfur cinquefoil (Potentilla recta)
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Syrian bean caper (Zygophyllum fabago)
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Tamarisk (Tamarisk parviflora & T. ramosissima)
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Toadflax
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Yellow Toadflx (L. Vulgaris)  |
Dalmatian Toadflax (L. dalmatica)  |
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Whitetop /Hoary Cress (Cardaria draba)
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Yellow starthistle (Centaurea solstitialis)
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